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- Discaciate - 2009-03-20 01:39
I honestly don't think that it is a good idea to rename folders to "prepare for Aeon".
There is a lot of work in progess when it comes to video flaggin on XBMC. So there is no way to tell if your work is gonna be used.
Just go on downloading high-def posters and fanarts... And wait till the flags are added
into XBMC trunk.
- djh_ - 2009-03-20 03:21
Quite. There's a lot of time being wasted in this thread, especially by those making skin requests based on a feature that isn't even in XBMC trunk yet. Posters and fanart are fine, but the flagging stuff is best left until the skin's out, and even then for the enthusiast alone.
- Ayala - 2009-03-20 05:00
yeah there seem to be a whole lotta interest about renaming and flagging files. I'm really not that interested in all that as much as I am interested in localizing propper NFO files in each folder (though any suggestions provided are much appreaciated).
- Cranial - 2009-03-20 05:18
theDeviL Wrote:yeah there seem to be a whole lotta interest about renaming and flagging files. I'm really not that interested in all that as much as I am interested in localizing propper NFO files in each folder (though any suggestions provided are much appreaciated).
I'm not renaming mine. Too much effort. Just thought you were, hence the advice post.
- El Massman - 2009-03-20 17:38
under the source flags there seems to only be sddvd and bluray. just wondering if there's going to be an icon telling you what format the media has been converted to. ie: the source is bluray and it's been converted to H.264 so both these logos would show. or it's a standard def dvd ripped to divx. will the divx logo also show? it's only my opinion but i'm generally only really interested in what format my media currently is, as once it's been converted it no longer really holds any association with the original format. i used download my hdtv in sd. which, while coming from an hd source are actually standard def and in my eyes shouldn't hold the hd tv tag. but they aren't actually from an sd source. what are they tagged as? lol. hope my question makes some sense.
thanks,
mass
- Pr.Sinister - 2009-03-20 19:07
theDeviL Wrote:yeah there seem to be a whole lotta interest about renaming and flagging files. I'm really not that interested in all that as much as I am interested in localizing propper NFO files in each folder (though any suggestions provided are much appreaciated).
My problem is that i am very anal when it comes to consistency.
Seeing some of the flags and not all will bother me. If i have the Question Marks
everywhere it will drive me nuts so hopefully there will be a way to turn them off
if they aren't fully functional for all my files. I prefer All or Nothing.
As for your NFO issue, i have 1500+ NFOs for Movies and 6000+ NFOs for TV
Episodes.
Your best bet is to use Media Companion and let it do the bulk of it and then
tweak them manually (still with media companion)
For the Movies, sometimes, IMDB doesn't have the plot information so i go
get the missing info from Allmovie.com. If i still can't find it, i usually can get
it from amazon.com/.ca/.fr . Also googling the movie title with synopsis will
yield some nice info.
For missing posters, google and a graphic editor is all you need. I have it down
to a science. I even created some scripts that will automatically switch from
banners to posters for TV Shows (if you have both) and i made some right
click scripts where it will take an image and and rename/copy it to the proper
folder.jpg/filename.tbn... It saves sooooooooooo much time you have no idea!
I do this because i want to have control over the poster i want for my Movies
and TV Shows. Once i have my images set, Media Companion does the NFO
and fanart.
BTW: Didn't i send you a bunch of NFO's a while ago? Were you able to use
them at all?
-Pr.
- krypt2nite - 2009-03-20 19:27
Nice Pr.Sinister your situation sounds exactly like mine. Glad I'm not the only crazy one =p
- hikaricore - 2009-03-20 20:04
Pr.Sinister Wrote:Your best bet is to use Media Companion and let it do the bulk of it
When Media Companion runs on Linux this will be a reasonable suggestion, for the rest of us however it's a carrot on a stick.
- Ayala - 2009-03-20 20:53
Pr.Sinister Wrote:My problem is that i am very anal when it comes to consistency.
Seeing some of the flags and not all will bother me. If i have the Question Marks
everywhere it will drive me nuts so hopefully there will be a way to turn them off
if they aren't fully functional for all my files. I prefer All or Nothing.
As for your NFO issue, i have 1500+ NFOs for Movies and 6000+ NFOs for TV
Episodes.
Your best bet is to use Media Companion and let it do the bulk of it and then
tweak them manually (still with media companion)
For the Movies, sometimes, IMDB doesn't have the plot information so i go
get the missing info from Allmovie.com. If i still can't find it, i usually can get
it from amazon.com/.ca/.fr . Also googling the movie title with synopsis will
yield some nice info.
For missing posters, google and a graphic editor is all you need. I have it down
to a science. I even created some scripts that will automatically switch from
banners to posters for TV Shows (if you have both) and i made some right
click scripts where it will take an image and and rename/copy it to the proper
folder.jpg/filename.tbn... It saves sooooooooooo much time you have no idea!
I do this because i want to have control over the poster i want for my Movies
and TV Shows. Once i have my images set, Media Companion does the NFO
and fanart.
BTW: Didn't i send you a bunch of NFO's a while ago? Were you able to use
them at all?
-Pr.
lots were used of course, but i have a bunch of new stuff that i need to do the same for and i was inquireing about an OS X solution since i don't have a PC anymore, though I could always run it virtually.
P.S. you are not more anal than I am so I completely understand where you're coming from, I thought aeon would simply not display the flags if it can't identify?! dunno, I don't have the latest.
- Ayala - 2009-03-20 20:55
Cranial Wrote:I'm not renaming mine. Too much effort. Just thought you were, hence the advice post.
like I stated, much appreaciated
